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Monday, November 3, 2008

I made this tooth pillow for my nephew's 5th birthday party, which had a policeman theme. His mouth is the pocket for teeth and the loop is for the doorknob so the tooth fairy does not have to enter the child's room to retrieve the teeth. Or dig under their pillow for a tiny tooth, which always seems a bit risky to me.

In true Larissa fashion, I procrastinated making it until the morning of the party. Well, 2 hours before the party, really. If you'd like to make one, I'm pretty sure you could make it in very little time, because in that two hour span I: designed it, sewed it wrong, ripped out the sewing, fixed the strap, redid the sewing, fixed the strap again, stuffed it, and finished the face. All with time to spare for things like showering, dressing, making a handmade card, wrapping the rest of his present, and taking the eye makeup off my four year old that I forgot to take off last night.

I don't really recommend a schedule like that one. I actually had some chest pains as I was dressing. Here's a quick PDF pattern I made for a basic tooth pillow (policeman elements not included), if you'd like to download it and make your own version. If you like the police theme, the hat, belt and badges are easily made with some basic shapes. Enjoy!

NOTE: This pattern was updated on 2/10/09 with some minor improvements, so it won't look exactly like the image below. It's better!

Wow this is so cute and what a great way to use up your scrap pieces of fabric! I wanted to tell you about my Scraptastic Giveaway! I got a bunch of designer fabric scraps and I'm collecting ideas for what to make. I'll collect ideas until midnight Nov. 14 and then I'll choose the best idea, make it and send it to the one who thought of it! That way we can all benefit from the fun ideas that are posted! My blog is www.createstudio.blogspot.com.

Hi, I wanted to let you know this is the cutest thing and for you to share it with us is awesome! I am hurredly making one of these for my 5 year old who lost a tooth this morning. And for the record, I cannot sew and this hasn't been too hard (aside from sewing machine issues!). I'm working on the hat now and I'm having trouble freehanding one to look as cute as yours. Any tips?? Thank you!

Melissa, Hey, thanks for writing! three ovals (one big one for the hat, one smaller one for the brim, then add smaller still oval for the badge) should do it fine. Or you can also google for images of a police hat and take it from there.

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